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Carolina Stories

The people, places and history that make our state great

Perfect

Angela Barbee, Oakboro, Union Power Cooperative

Marion museum

Nana Hensley, Marion, Rutherford EMC

Carolina People

My Many Mother’s Days

I Remember

My dad the streaker

My getaway

Angie Gregg, Blowing Rock, Blue Ridge Electric

My hobby shed

Robert Berkoski, Burlington, Piedmont EMC

Octagon

Jan and Fred Sallah, Banner Elk

Our old playhouse

Cathy Jones, Greenville, S.C.

Outhouse revival

Gigi Guyton, Gray, Maine, Blue Ridge Electric

Playset reset

Elizabeth Repetti and Walter Pitt, Winston-Salem, Surry-Yadkin EMC

Reclaimed

Greg and Angela Hayes, Angier, Central EMC

Survivor

Ralph Dearborn, Raleigh, Blue Ridge Electric

First Person

The cooperative business model works for today’s global economy

By Dame Pauline Green

I Remember

The great American snow down

The Shack

Mary Williams, Boone, Blue Ridge Electric

Tiki bar

Lawton and Naomi Ellis, Elizabeth City, Albemarle EMC

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I Remember

Uncle Johnny

Wired

David Fussell, Statesville, EnergyUnited

First Person

Your cooperative’s assets and the threat of cyber attacks

By David Beam

I Remember

Days with Dad

Carolina Gardens

Okra: Edible and Ornamental

Plus garden to do’s for April & May

Carolina People

Getting To Know…David Holt

Tarheel Tidbits

Herpetology Celebration

Tarheel Tidbits

New, high-tech science center